tool of oppression. In her novel‚ The Handmaid ’s Tale‚ Margaret Atwood portrays a dystopian society‚ a fictional republic called Gilead‚ whose rulers use the power of religion to validate their terrifying personal agenda. She satirizes the political system that uses faith to validate its mandate‚ and justify its more questionable laws. Clearly the use of religion for political purposes is one of the central themes of the novel; Atwood takes a set of fundamentalist religious beliefs followed by certain
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to defining and assessing the word “love” in two unique ways. In the first stanza‚ Atwood has defined love as an “expression”‚ as the aspect of expressing love‚ where as the second stanza is dedicated to define love as “feeling”.
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Durham Ms. Milliner EES21QH.21 10-19-16 In the novel The Handmaids Tale‚ author Atwood creates a world where access to all forms of language is a privilege. The oppressive society of Gilead strips women of their engagement in forms of language such as‚ reading‚ writing and even restricts how they speak. Which‚ naturally made language a desire by women‚ because it’s degrading to not have freedom of speech. Atwood utilizes literary elements point of view‚ dialogue and diction‚ to convey how powerful
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Have you ever thought of a time when a beautiful sound or sight made you lose track of what was going on around you? What do you think about dangerously beautiful music? Is Lorelei only a legend or something more? Close your eyes and imagine this beauty. ‘The Lorelei’‚ on the bank of the Rhine River‚ is a large rock that produces an echo. It became associated with a legend about a spirit of a woman who would lure boatmen to their deaths with her beautiful singing‚ The woman had drowned herself in
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that are a blend of human and animal – created by Crake as a superior replacement for the human race. The book also recounts Snowman’s life prior to the apocalypse‚ providing a glimpse into a society dominated by corporate power and biotechnology. Atwood herself describes Oryx and Crake as ‘speculative fiction’. She defines this term as narratives that ‘can speak of what is past and passing‚ but especially of what’s
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men since it was likely that they would be groped at or sexually assaulted. She compares the past to present and now how it is apt for women walk on the same street without the worry of a man shouting obscenities at them speaking or touching them (Atwood‚ 24). She refers back to when Aunt Lydia states that “there is more than one kind of freedom. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy‚ it was freedom to‚ now [the handmaid’s]
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murderess and garner their compassion. Growing up in a large family of eight other siblings‚ Grace’s home environment consisted of her having to take care of her younger siblings. She notes‚ “…there was never enough room for me‚ at home or anywhere…” (Atwood 33). By saying this‚ it highlights how Grace perceived herself as an outcast. She felt as if she needed to make herself smaller in order to finally fit into the house‚ figuratively and physically. This depiction of a lonely childhood would prompt
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society named Gilead. However‚ this theme has the potential to be repetitive and boring if the author is not armed with the right techniques. Margaret Atwood‚ has these skills in abundance. Her use of symbolism creates an extraordinary depth to the book‚ keeping the reader engaged and thinking about different and conflicting aspects of the story. Atwood uses many contradicting symbols such as the role the symbol of mirrors play compared to the symbol of The Eyes and the standout red of the handmaid’s
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Offred‚ “The guards weren’t allowed inside the building except when called‚ and we weren’t allowed out‚ except for our walks‚ twice daily‚ two by two around the football field which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 14). Also‚ they could not wear what they wanted because they were required to cover all of their bodies so that their bodies would not be seen. For example‚ Offred mentioned her clothes in a sentence and says‚ "Everything except the wings around my
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